Pirates Topple No. 25 Creighton, 2-0

Saturday, September 30

South Orange, N.J.

1 p.m.

Seton Hall University

4-6-1, 1-2-0BE

Creighton

6-4-0, 1-2-0BE

Creighton

Seton Hall

9/30/2017 4:48:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score BOX (PDF)

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Behind goals from Andres Arcila (Cartagena, Colombia) and Francisco Alderete (Salta, Argentina), the Seton Hall men's soccer team (4-6-1, 1-2-0 BIG EAST) picked up its first conference win in style with a 2-0 victory over No. 25 Creighton (6-4-0, 1-2-0 BIG EAST). The triumph on Saturday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field was The Hall's first win over a ranked foe since Oct. 18, 2014.

The Hall got on the board early, taking advantage of a red card on the Creighton keeper with a penalty kick conversion from Arcila in the ninth minute. Playing a man up for the final 80-plus minutes of regulation, the Pirates controlled possession through most of the match in an eventual shutout win. Peyton Elder (Cary, N.C.) made three saves in his first start of the season to pick up the clean sheet.

Turning Point
With the Pirates looking for insurance early in the second half, they were able to double their lead with a thunderous strike from Alderete in the 52^nd minute. Gabriel Viola (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) started the scoring play by keeping a loose ball alive in the attacking third and flicking a pass to Alderete wide of goal. The junior gathered and unloaded a rocketed shot from 25 yards out, sailing past the CU keeper and into the top left corner of the cage to make it 2-0.

Goals
SHU – 9^th – Arcila (6) penalty kick, hard shot into right side

Here's the PK kick by Arcila that has us up 1-0 in the first half! Watch the match live on the PSN: https://t.co/ezQapEj3Xh #HALLin pic.twitter.com/201h2ohFKO
— SHU Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 30, 2017

SHU – 52^nd – Alderete (1) 25-yard rocket off feed from Viola (3)

BOOM! Francisco Alderete w/ the thunderous kick in the 52' past the keeper to give us a 2-0 advantage over No. 25 Creighton! #HALLin pic.twitter.com/2iYhCCsjwI
— SHU Men's Soccer (@SHUMSOC) September 30, 2017

Inside The Numbers

The Hall held an 11-9 edge in shots and a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal
Each side generated four corner kicks, while fouls were 12-8 SHU
Marco Neves (Tracy, Calif.) led The Hall with three shots, while CU top scorer Ricky Lopez-Espin finished with four
Alderete finished with two shots, both on goal, in a season-high 44 minutes as a reserve

News and Notes

The Pirates improve to 2-3-0 all-time against Creighton, recording their first shutout in the series
The Hall is the only team in the BIG EAST to score in all five meetings with CU since the Bluejays joined the league in 2013 – the Pirates have recorded multiple tallies in four of those contests
The goal for Arcila was his sixth of the year, moving into second in the BIG EAST
Seton Hall improves to 3-2-1 in home conference games over the last two seasons
The Hall's win over a nationally ranked foe was its first since Oct. 18, 2014, a 1-0 triumph over No. 3 Georgetown
It also marked the fourth win over a ranked foe under head coach Gerson Echeverry, second against Creighton
The clean sheet for Elder, aided by defenders Corey Burkhardt (Palmyra, Pa.), Lukas Pangonis (Kaunas, Lithuania), John Philbin (Emmaus, Pa.) and Noah Teperow (Lowell, Mass.), was The Hall's second shutout of the year
Viola recorded his third assist, tied with Arcila for tops on the squad